13 replies to this topic

[TekWarrior]

We have paperbooks which are shipped and that process is working well.

We want to set up to also sell the same books as ebooks for tablets etc.


But not sure if the software can do this. I attempted to do a ebook purchase but it keeps adding in shipping costs. Since this is a download there should be no shipping charges.

Can any one give me some evidence, thank you kindly.

[web-project]

Quote

But not sure if the software can do this. I attempted to do a ebook purchase but it keeps adding in shipping costs. Since this is a download there should be no shipping charges.

using the right settings you will be able to setup the free shipping for virtual goods.

[ScotWilcoxon]

web-project, on 08 December 2011, 10:03, said:

using the right settings you will be able to setup the free shipping for virtual goods.

Which options might those be?

I'm having the same problem, perhaps made more complex by having a shipping fee based upon the price of the order. But if it were as simple as choosing an option to have no shipping fees for downloadable items, I suspect we'd have already found that option.

[DunWeb]

I suggest downloading and installing Super Download Store to control your virtual goods. It better handles virtual and physical products.


Chris

[geoffreywalton]

Once you have installed the SDS you then need to set up some attributes and then attach the files to be downloaded to the products.

But if you have installed SDS it will be clearer.

HTH

G

[ScotWilcoxon]

Yes, I see SDS is the answer given to every "download" question. But I see no mention of shipping in its description, and the string "ship" is nowhere in manual_install.rtf, nowhere in the install documentation, and the only mention in a .php file seems to not be sensitive to whether a product is downloadable.

In what way does SDS make shipping behave differently?

[14steve14]

This could be something to do with the item having a weight associated to it. There is also a contribution to add free shipping and bypass payment in the add ons. I inastalled it to my store today and it works like a dream. Search the add ons for free product checkout

[ScotWilcoxon]

14steve14, on 19 January 2012, 20:12, said:

This could be something to do with the item having a weight associated to it. There is also a contribution to add free shipping and bypass payment in the add ons. I inastalled it to my store today and it works like a dream. Search the add ons for free product checkout

None of the products have weights. As I said earlier, my shipping is based upon the price of the order (excluding downloads), using "MultiGeoZone MultiTable Shipping".

The downloadable products are not free, so "Free Product Checkout" is not relevant.

So far the workaround has been to set the price to $0 and put the actual price on the download "option" -- resulting in the product showing a price of $0.00 in the catalog.

Fortunately, Alex and DunWeb think that there are settings someplace to enable free shipping, if they can just point out where they are instead of saying that they exist.

Edited by ScotWilcoxon, 19 January 2012, 20:59.

[geoffreywalton]

They are but in the table rate shipping module if I remember correctly.

Have a play with the settings.

HTH

G

[ScotWilcoxon]

geoffreywalton, on 19 January 2012, 22:09, said:

They are but in the table rate shipping module if I remember correctly.

I have different shipping rates to different countries. I see that Table Rate Shipping has a Zone configuration option in the Table, but can there be more than one Table?

I don't see any download-oriented settings there, but maybe the Table Rate Shipping module handles downloadables differently.

Edited by ScotWilcoxon, 19 January 2012, 22:24.

[geoffreywalton]

Scot

Seeing as this is for free delivery of zero wt products surely this would be available free world wide.

Cheers

G

[ScotWilcoxon]

geoffreywalton, on 19 January 2012, 22:26, said:

Seeing as this is for free delivery of zero wt products surely this would be available free world wide.

There are non-free products for sale, with shipping rates based on the total of the non-downloadable totals, and different shipping rates for different parts of the world. "MultiGeoZone MultiTable Shipping" can handle it, except for its not ignoring downloadable products. If I switch to "Table Rate Shipping" then several tables would be needed, but I see no mention of it supporting multiple tables nor any mention that it handles downloadable products differently from other products.


But maybe there's something in the OsCommerce core for handling downloadables, if those other people will tell us what those settings are.

[14steve14]

Have a search through the add ons. I found a shipping module that is only available if the product weight is zero. Saying that it may have come as part of an addon called downloads controller that i used part of.

It has the following in the moodule

// Only show if weight is 0
// if ( (!strstr($PHP_SELF,'modules.php')) || $cart->show_weight()==0) {
$this->enabled = MODULE_SHIPPING_FREESHIPPER_STATUS;
if ( ($this->enabled == true) && ((int)MODULE_SHIPPING_FREESHIPPER_ZONE > 0) ) {
$check_flag = false;
$check_query = tep_db_query("select zone_id from " . TABLE_ZONES_TO_GEO_ZONES . " where geo_zone_id = '" . MODULE_SHIPPING_FREESHIPPER_ZONE . "' and zone_country_id = '" . $order->delivery['country']['id'] . "' order by zone_id");
while ($check = tep_db_fetch_array($check_query)) {
if ($check['zone_id'] < 1) {
$check_flag = true;
break;
} elseif ($check['zone_id'] == $order->delivery['zone_id']) {
$check_flag = true;
break;
}
}
if ($check_flag == false) {
$this->enabled = false;
}
}
// }
// EOF: WebMakers.com Added: Free Payments and Shipping

[geoffreywalton]

There is also something in the totals about free shipping.

Cheers

G